PC Gaming Weekly: Watch out, Hearthstone — here comes Artifact
Depending on your point of view, Valve’s news this week is either one heckuva tease or a knife in your Half-Life-lovin’ soul. Late Tuesday night, the publisher...
Overwatch deathmatch gameplay: The KDR matters again
Blizzard is going back to the roots of the shooter genre for the latest addition to Overwatch, its team-based hero shooter. The publisher announced...
Nvidia CFO: Cryptocurrency is helping drive demand for graphics hardware
Nvidia chief financial officer Colette Kress credited cryptocurrency mining as one of the new drivers for the company’s graphics chip sales. Nvidia also saw revenues...
Overwatch is adding Deathmatch modes
Tired of all that teamwork in Overwatch? Then the new Deathmatch mode might be for you. Most of Overwatch revolves around two teams of...
Watch a 360-degree-video tour of the California Extreme arcade-machine convention
One of the coolest gaming events I’ve ever attended is the California Extreme classic arcade game show. For this fan gathering, arcade and pinball...
Microsoft ponders ‘bigger, more bolder changes’ to Xbox Achievements
Microsoft invented the modern Achievements concept when the feature launched with the Xbox 360, and we’ve seen those little pop-up badges show up everywhere...
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne — Blizzard shares insights on The Lower Citadel
Hearthstone: Knights of the Frozen Throne has a lot of exciting new cards, but it also gives us our first single-player campaign since August...
AMD launches 16-core Threadripper, ‘the world’s fastest PC desktop processor’
Advanced Micro Devices is shipping a 16-core Ryzen Threadripper central processing unit (CPU) that the company says takes the speed crown away from Intel...
The Overwatch League expands from seven to nine teams with new London and L.A. squads
The Overwatch League has grown to nine teams, adding another in Los Angeles and one in London. Last month, Blizzard announced that the first...
AR/VR Weekly: Social good dons a headset
Augmented and virtual reality are setting out to accomplish a lot of things. They provide entertainment. Social VR helps us connect to others. Both...